Amends: six Acts to ensure that assistance that Australia can currently provide to foreign countries can also be provided to the International Criminal Court and international war crimes tribunals; the

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

to: amend provisions in relation to proceeds of crime search warrants; clarify which foreign proceeds of crime orders can be registered in Australia; clarify the roles of judicial officers in domestic proceedings to produce documents or articles for a foreign country; and make minor and technical amendments; the

Extradition Act 1988

to ensure that magistrates and judges have powers to make orders necessary for the conduct of extradition proceedings; the

Foreign Evidence Act 1994

to: ensure foreign evidence can be appropriately certified; and extend the application of foreign evidence rules to proceedings in the external territories and the Jervis Bay territory; the

Crimes Act 1914

to ensure the offence of identifying a child witness or vulnerable adult complainant extends to identifying a child complainant; the

to clarify the application of supports and protections for victims and witnesses to future criminal proceedings, regardless of when the alleged conduct occurred; the

Crimes Act 1914

,

Criminal Code Act 1995

and

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

to clarify the operation of human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like offences; the

War Crimes Act 1945

to streamline reporting arrangements; the

Australian Federal Police Act 1979

to: ensure that the Australian Federal Police’s alcohol and drug testing program and integrity framework apply to the entire workforce; ensure that the most up to date testing standards can be employed at the time a sample is provided; and clarify the processes for resignation in cases of serious misconduct or corruption; the

Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

to: enable travellers departing Australia to report cross-border movements of physical currency electronically; and enable the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission to access AUSTRAC information; the

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

to clarify the use of the Australian Crime Commission’s prescribed alternative name; and the

AusCheck Act 2007

to enable AusCheck to conduct and coordinate background checks in relation to major national events.

Amends: seven Acts to create a jobseeker payment to replace seven existing payments as the main payment for people of working age from 20 March 2020; 10 Acts to provide for the cessation of the widow B pension, wife pension, bereavement allowance, sickness allowance, widow allowance and partner allowance; the

Social Security Act 1991

to: remove the ability of newstart allowance and certain special benefit recipients aged 55 to 59 to satisfy the activity test by engaging in voluntary work for at least 30 hours per fortnight; and remove certain exemptions for drug or alcohol dependence; the

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to: provide that a job seeker’s newstart allowance or youth allowance be payable from the date they attend their initial appointment with their employment services provider; ensure that job seekers are not able to use drug or alcohol dependency as an excuse for failing to meet their requirements; introduce a new compliance framework for mutual obligation requirements in relation to participation payments; and enable the Department of Human Services to require applicants to provide their tax file number at the time of a claim; the

Social Security Act 1991

and

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

to: provide that claimants receive payments from the date they lodge a complete claim; and establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance; the

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

,

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

,

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

and

Student Assistance Act 1973

to enable certain information obtained in the course of an administrative action to be used in subsequent investigations and criminal proceedings; and the

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

to exempt three social security laws from the operation of the Act. Also enables the minister to make rules of a transitional nature in relation to the cessation of payments; and makes consequential amendments to the

to: restrict access to the relocation scholarship to students relocating within Australia and students studying in Australia; align pensioner education supplement fortnightly rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students; and provide that payments of the pensioner education supplement cease during semester breaks and holiday periods; and

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to align education entry payment rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students.

to: amend the residency requirements for the age pension and the disability support pension by changing certain timeframes which need to be met before claims will be deemed payable to eligible recipients; and increase the maximum liquid assets waiting period for youth allowance, austudy, newstart allowance and sick allowance from 13 weeks to 26 weeks;

Social Security Act 1991

and

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

to cease payment of the pension supplement after six weeks temporary absence overseas and immediately for permanent departures; and

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

to align the income test taper rates so that all income above the higher income free area is treated equally when calculating an individual’s rate of family tax benefit Part A.

to establish the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission with functions in relation to: registration and regulation of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) providers, including Practice Standards and a Code of Conduct; compliance monitoring, investigation and enforcement action; responding to complaints and reportable incidents including abuse and neglect of a person with disability; national policy setting for the screening of workers; national oversight and policy in relation to behaviour support and monitoring restrictive practices within the NDIS; and information sharing arrangements. Also amends the

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

to make minor administrative amendments in response to an independent review of the Act.